Wednesday, August 20, 2008

goodness gracious great balls of fire!

memphis! it was elvis week, which means lots of insane ladies buying elvis lampshades and the line to get into graceland was absurd. we drove by. it was a big house. hello elvis!
beale street has apparently been completely redone from back in the days. a local girl told us that memphis knocked down more history than most cities have.
memphis. known for being the birthplace of rock and roll and making delicious bbq.
the lady behind the counter called todd baby as she handed him his pulled pork sandwich. the south!
we toured sun records.
imagine your life without elvis, johnny cash, roy orbison, carl perkins, jerry lee lewis, etc. etc. and all the rad bands that have been influenced by them and all the blues bands that i don't know the names of.
it is because of sam phillips and sun records and memphis recording company that you don't have to!
sam phillips: "Everyone knew that I was just a struggling cat down here trying to develop new and different artists, and get some freedom in music, and tap some resources and people that weren't being tapped."
so rad!
just like todd!

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